He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
HORACEPunishment follows close on crime.
More Horace Quotes
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In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]
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And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]
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The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
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To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
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Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
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Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once, and seek again that which he despised.
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What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.
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Half is done when the beginning is done.
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Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt. (The years, as they come, bring many agreeable things with them; as they go, they take many away.)
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What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
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The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
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What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so beloved?.
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